Tons of tones—some dissolved in beats, some beatless treatments—in a continuous mix of current ambient and electronic goodies. Igloomag’s Alan Lockett, via audio-meddling alter ego, […]
Author: Alan Lockett
Kassel Jaeger :: Deltas (Editions Mego)
A new rider on its aftershock wave, navigating borders between concrète-fabricated retro-fit experimentalism and newer ambient noise and electroacoustic improv, this Swiss pitch-shifter nicks shticks from […]
PETE NAMLOOK :: Tribute Release
News has emerged lately to lighten the heavy hearts of Pete Namlook fans and FAX-ophiles alike. For the uninitiated, Namlook (Peter Kuhlmann) had a major […]
Versalife :: Vantage Point (Clone West Coast Series)
Chilly atmo twiddle, electro squiggle and rhythmic shtick abound in an machine-mean pristine update of a hark-back to the sound of Drexciya. Multi-monikered Boris Bunnik […]
Tape Loop Orchestra :: In a Lonely Place (Facture)
Fading time-stretched tunes, recursive arcs and dives unravel in a flux of melodic micro-variations, self-cannibalizing loops succumbing happily to the hiss, run through by fraying […]
Rainbow Valley/Wind In Willows & Celer/Hakobune :: Double Review (Chemical Tapes)
UK-Spain tape traffickers Chemical Tapes specialize in matters pertaining to psycho-active phenethylamine chemical derivatives, notably psychedelics and/or empathogen-entactogens, audio-mediated via limited edition ambient / drone […]
Autistici :: Beneath Peaks (Hibernate)
For all its sprawl of sparse landscape and sweeping skyline, it’s not so much grand gestures or big themes these peaks inspire Newman to. Rather, […]
Mountains :: Centralia (Thrill Jockey)
Texture tranches and melodic motifs slow building and transforming in grand designs of pretty particulate patterns; this not by the customary electronic tweakery of acoustic […]